GamerDude

My favorite Lego kit from 2003, the international space station 
missing one piece, the 2x1 flat smooth top plate that goes on the tiny Endeavor 
the super annoying part is the original kit came with two of those and both are missing 

 

As I'd mentioned, here's a couple of pics of my purchases:

 
The Gigaworks T40 Series II speakers, excuse the mess as I was simply testing it on my coffee table just to ensure that the speakers work. Sounds pretty good actually....

As I'd mentioned, here's a couple of pics of my purchases:

 
The Gigaworks T40 Series II speakers, excuse the mess as I was simply testing it on my coffee table just to ensure that the speakers work. Sounds pretty good actually....

As I'd mentioned, here's a couple of pics of my purchases:

 
The Gigaworks T40 Series II speakers, excuse the mess as I was simply testing it on my coffee table just to ensure that the speakers work. Sounds pretty good actually....

Bought myself a Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II for laptop usage, as well as a PS5 + Stellar Blade preorder, I will setup my PS5 tomorrow and post some pics when it's done.....

Bought myself a Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II for laptop usage, as well as a PS5 + Stellar Blade preorder, I will setup my PS5 tomorrow and post some pics when it's done.....

Yeah, that looks good enough for even heavier usage, battery size looks good,  6.67"120Hz display, pretty solid specs. CPU may not be the best but is pretty good....if it's within your budget, plus if it's locally warrantied, go for it!

Fine,  laugh all you want, I don't care. Be happy playing Star Wars Outlaws where the lead female character was deliberately uglified (compare the original actress Humberly Gonzalez against the rendered lead Kay Vess and tell me if you see the resemblance) to suit 'modern audiences' whatever the hell that means. Game journos who once panned games like Nier Automata's 2B when it was released are now praising it as an example of good looking character that many women cosplay to (because they know they'd get slammed for criticizing a now established character like her)., but Eve from Stellar Blade is too sexy/curvy and unrealistic? At the very least, these yahoos should try to be a little more consistent, don't you think? Her body is based on a Korean woman, albeit a Maxim model, but it's real, yet western journos (IGN) are saying having her character's body is unrealistic, and that women would unalive themselves when men comparted her to them, I shit you not! 
 
With games costing a fair bit of money, I'm being more discerning when it comes to games I play, decent remakes like DSR is fine by me (though Nicole was again deliberately uglified as is the norm) as gameplay is still good. But I'm not touching games that are "made for modern audiences" (which include a lot of woke stuff), also do note that male characters are often rendered well, well enough to resemble their real life actors/models, and are presented as being very buff or manly, female characters, on the other hand, can never be curvy? Sorry, my money, my choice and I choose to play more based games, but IF you enjoy and relish playing uglified characters, with various included SJ messages/storyline as 'bonuses', more power to you!🙄
 
Also, other than not at all curvy female characters, they are presented as androgenous looking with male facial features, making them look like trans...if you like that look, fine, your money, you can buy whatever you like. I don't like where AAA and western games are going with all these (trans looking female characters, race swapping, look at SBI and BGG influenced games, black female leads (no objection to any female lead, but all the time?) so I'll stick to what I like. For me, gaming is a form of escapism, I do NOT need to see 'real life' reflected in games (something more idealized would be preferable), life is ugly enough as is, I don't want it in the games I play.
 
Oh yeah, to prevent myself from getting involved in a pointless debate, you're so ignored henceforth....

It should work, you might initially get a display when you power on, but best way to check is to run HWInfo, GPUZ to check if the GPU is running as spec'ed.....that is, IF the mobo is PCIe 3.0x16/PCIe 4.0x16, that the card is running at that spec, and not PCIe 1.0/1.1 or whatever the case may be. When I was looking for a GPU riser, I'd read that the Linkup riser I'd gotten was the only one guaranteed to work at PCIe4.0 x16, and it did, still does. Again, nothing wrong with trying out the GPU riser cable that came with the case.....tech might have improved since last year when I got mine that just about any riser works perfectly, who knows?!

Fine,  laugh all you want, I don't care. Be happy playing Star Wars Outlaws where the lead female character was deliberately uglified (compare the original actress Humberly Gonzalez against the rendered lead Kay Vess and tell me if you see the resemblance) to suit 'modern audiences' whatever the hell that means. Game journos who once panned games like Nier Automata's 2B when it was released are now praising it as an example of good looking character that many women cosplay to (because they know they'd get slammed for criticizing a now established character like her)., but Eve from Stellar Blade is too sexy/curvy and unrealistic? At the very least, these yahoos should try to be a little more consistent, don't you think? Her body is based on a Korean woman, albeit a Maxim model, but it's real, yet western journos (IGN) are saying having her character's body is unrealistic, and that women would unalive themselves when men comparted her to them, I shit you not! 
 
With games costing a fair bit of money, I'm being more discerning when it comes to games I play, decent remakes like DSR is fine by me (though Nicole was again deliberately uglified as is the norm) as gameplay is still good. But I'm not touching games that are "made for modern audiences" (which include a lot of woke stuff), also do note that male characters are often rendered well, well enough to resemble their real life actors/models, and are presented as being very buff or manly, female characters, on the other hand, can never be curvy? Sorry, my money, my choice and I choose to play more based games, but IF you enjoy and relish playing uglified characters, with various included SJ messages/storyline as 'bonuses', more power to you!🙄
 
Also, other than not at all curvy female characters, they are presented as androgenous looking with male facial features, making them look like trans...if you like that look, fine, your money, you can buy whatever you like. I don't like where AAA and western games are going with all these (trans looking female characters, race swapping, look at SBI and BGG influenced games, black female leads (no objection to any female lead, but all the time?) so I'll stick to what I like. For me, gaming is a form of escapism, I do NOT need to see 'real life' reflected in games (something more idealized would be preferable), life is ugly enough as is, I don't want it in the games I play.
 
Oh yeah, to prevent myself from getting involved in a pointless debate, you're so ignored henceforth....

Fine,  laugh all you want, I don't care. Be happy playing Star Wars Outlaws where the lead female character was deliberately uglified (compare the original actress Humberly Gonzalez against the rendered lead Kay Vess and tell me if you see the resemblance) to suit 'modern audiences' whatever the hell that means. Game journos who once panned games like Nier Automata's 2B when it was released are now praising it as an example of good looking character that many women cosplay to (because they know they'd get slammed for criticizing a now established character like her)., but Eve from Stellar Blade is too sexy/curvy and unrealistic? At the very least, these yahoos should try to be a little more consistent, don't you think? Her body is based on a Korean woman, albeit a Maxim model, but it's real, yet western journos (IGN) are saying having her character's body is unrealistic, and that women would unalive themselves when men comparted her to them, I shit you not! 
 
With games costing a fair bit of money, I'm being more discerning when it comes to games I play, decent remakes like DSR is fine by me (though Nicole was again deliberately uglified as is the norm) as gameplay is still good. But I'm not touching games that are "made for modern audiences" (which include a lot of woke stuff), also do note that male characters are often rendered well, well enough to resemble their real life actors/models, and are presented as being very buff or manly, female characters, on the other hand, can never be curvy? Sorry, my money, my choice and I choose to play more based games, but IF you enjoy and relish playing uglified characters, with various included SJ messages/storyline as 'bonuses', more power to you!🙄
 
Also, other than not at all curvy female characters, they are presented as androgenous looking with male facial features, making them look like trans...if you like that look, fine, your money, you can buy whatever you like. I don't like where AAA and western games are going with all these (trans looking female characters, race swapping, look at SBI and BGG influenced games, black female leads (no objection to any female lead, but all the time?) so I'll stick to what I like. For me, gaming is a form of escapism, I do NOT need to see 'real life' reflected in games (something more idealized would be preferable), life is ugly enough as is, I don't want it in the games I play.
 
Oh yeah, to prevent myself from getting involved in a pointless debate, you're so ignored henceforth....

Fine,  laugh all you want, I don't care. Be happy playing Star Wars Outlaws where the lead female character was deliberately uglified (compare the original actress Humberly Gonzalez against the rendered lead Kay Vess and tell me if you see the resemblance) to suit 'modern audiences' whatever the hell that means. Game journos who once panned games like Nier Automata's 2B when it was released are now praising it as an example of good looking character that many women cosplay to (because they know they'd get slammed for criticizing a now established character like her)., but Eve from Stellar Blade is too sexy/curvy and unrealistic? At the very least, these yahoos should try to be a little more consistent, don't you think? Her body is based on a Korean woman, albeit a Maxim model, but it's real, yet western journos (IGN) are saying having her character's body is unrealistic, and that women would unalive themselves when men comparted her to them, I shit you not! 
 
With games costing a fair bit of money, I'm being more discerning when it comes to games I play, decent remakes like DSR is fine by me (though Nicole was again deliberately uglified as is the norm) as gameplay is still good. But I'm not touching games that are "made for modern audiences" (which include a lot of woke stuff), also do note that male characters are often rendered well, well enough to resemble their real life actors/models, and are presented as being very buff or manly, female characters, on the other hand, can never be curvy? Sorry, my money, my choice and I choose to play more based games, but IF you enjoy and relish playing uglified characters, with various included SJ messages/storyline as 'bonuses', more power to you!🙄
 
Also, other than not at all curvy female characters, they are presented as androgenous looking with male facial features, making them look like trans...if you like that look, fine, your money, you can buy whatever you like. I don't like where AAA and western games are going with all these (trans looking female characters, race swapping, look at SBI and BGG influenced games, black female leads (no objection to any female lead, but all the time?) so I'll stick to what I like. For me, gaming is a form of escapism, I do NOT need to see 'real life' reflected in games (something more idealized would be preferable), life is ugly enough as is, I don't want it in the games I play.
 
Oh yeah, to prevent myself from getting involved in a pointless debate, you're so ignored henceforth....

i've given up on my XBox and MS XBox games, lack of interest in XBox games, lack of exclusivity since I believe many XBox games can be found on my preferred platform, PCs. This is especially so after the recent MS XBox announcement that female characters in XBox games cannot be curvy (in the right places), I hate when an agenda is shoved down my throat. I'm not willing to pay for the console and games which does NOT cater to my, and I believe most gamers, desire, hell, even women like playing attractive characters. PS upcoming release of the PS exclusive Stellar Blade has me convinced that getting a PS5 is a wiser move, so I'm waiting for the release of the PS5 Pro come end-of-year'ish, 45% improvement over vanilla PS5 is nothing to scoff at.

Does the Realme GTS 5 Pro fit that budget in your country (IF it's at all available)? Really good specs and about comparable in price to a mid range Samsung like the A55, but has pretty good flagship specs in the 8 Gen 3 chipset, 256/12GB, 256/16GB config and up....144Hz screen, 6.78" screen.....

Yeah, some people prefer to live in their cozy prison too 😛
But the real issue is the "security" bs argument, Apple just wants money and will invent anything to protect their wallet

Sometimes, I believe it's down to home Wifi setup and settings, for example, I got my friend to download DevCheck Pro so he can monitor his battery and other usage and such. He then messaged me that according to the app, his Asus (flagship router) WiFi is 154Mbps, while his Link Speed is 34Mbps (which is fine for him, though I believe it should be way faster). I then checked with mine, both my WiFi and Link Speed are rated at 1441Mbps. BTW, he has a Samsung S23 Ultra and I have an S24 Ultra. WiFi connection-wise (WiFi6), his phone should be about as good as mine. 
 
However, I do agree that the A12 is a basic entry level phone, great for its price range and at the time of release (circa 2020), but don't expect too much from it as it uses a Mediatek chipset, known for being budget friendly rather than performance. Not dissing on Mediatek, they perform well for their price range, heard the new Mediatek platform are pretty good. I have a Note10+ 512/12GB, it precedes the A12 (circa 2019), but because it was a flagship phone, it does come with WiFi6 capability, though I doubt it'd be as fast as my S24U.
 
Edit - Speak of the devil, he's just messaged me, his WiFi and Link speeds are now up at 720Mbps, I believe he'd made some changes after our comparisons yesterday. Still, his speed is half mine, and I use a generic WiFi6 router.....

A pic of the Dbrand Obsidian skin for my S24 Ultra, includes a spare all black skin just in case the Obsidian skin proved to mess with S-pen and Magsafe devices.

 
A shot of the cases I'd gotten, yes I'd gone overboard, I'd gotten the CaseDept case because I had a voucher from the shop, so it was pretty cheap. Oh yeah, my S24 Ultra is in there with the Obsidian skin applied.

Bought an 8BitDO Ultimate C controller with charging dock for my main rig, pictured here with some nice whiskey (for very special occasion) which I'd taken out for my niece's wedding...

Bought an 8BitDO Ultimate C controller with charging dock for my main rig, pictured here with some nice whiskey (for very special occasion) which I'd taken out for my niece's wedding...

Wanted a new, and powerful tablet that can handle games, but it MUST be around 8" or so, but I didn't want to pay too much. So, I went with a Lenovo Legion Y2022 128/8GB model, comes with a SD 870 CPU, so it's pretty responsive, much more responsive compared to my basic Lenovo Tab M9.
Bought a case to go with it, went with a case with a magnetic detachable cover, which I found to be unusual, so I went with it...

  Bought a new tiny soundbar that is USB powered, sound quality isn't great, but good enough for YT which I've been watching a lot of. I didn't want to power up my Philips soundbar just for YT, besides, I'm saving some electricity going with this USB power speaker. Also bought a case for my Flip5, I'll admit, I love transparent cases. Also got a couple of USB cables that are RGB, which automatically make them more efficient and charge faster, and a 512GB mSD card for the Legion Y700. Dunno IF I'd mentioned this before, but had gotten my friend's Note20 Ultra (swapped with my Flip3 with some cash on his part).

Got a desk panel thingamajig to better organize stuff on my desk, oh yeah, my surround speaker is usually placed upright, put it lying down just for the pic ...

 
Also got a small, full metal cabinet to store my external HDDs, 4K Bluray discs and knick-knacks , just took it out of the box, pardon the smudges as my hands aren't as clean as I'd thought.

Got a desk panel thingamajig to better organize stuff on my desk, oh yeah, my surround speaker is usually placed upright, put it lying down just for the pic ...

 
Also got a small, full metal cabinet to store my external HDDs, 4K Bluray discs and knick-knacks , just took it out of the box, pardon the smudges as my hands aren't as clean as I'd thought.

Got a desk panel thingamajig to better organize stuff on my desk, oh yeah, my surround speaker is usually placed upright, put it lying down just for the pic ...

 
Also got a small, full metal cabinet to store my external HDDs, 4K Bluray discs and knick-knacks , just took it out of the box, pardon the smudges as my hands aren't as clean as I'd thought.

Wanted a new, and powerful tablet that can handle games, but it MUST be around 8" or so, but I didn't want to pay too much. So, I went with a Lenovo Legion Y2022 128/8GB model, comes with a SD 870 CPU, so it's pretty responsive, much more responsive compared to my basic Lenovo Tab M9.
Bought a case to go with it, went with a case with a magnetic detachable cover, which I found to be unusual, so I went with it...

  Bought a new tiny soundbar that is USB powered, sound quality isn't great, but good enough for YT which I've been watching a lot of. I didn't want to power up my Philips soundbar just for YT, besides, I'm saving some electricity going with this USB power speaker. Also bought a case for my Flip5, I'll admit, I love transparent cases. Also got a couple of USB cables that are RGB, which automatically make them more efficient and charge faster, and a 512GB mSD card for the Legion Y700. Dunno IF I'd mentioned this before, but had gotten my friend's Note20 Ultra (swapped with my Flip3 with some cash on his part).

Wanted a new, and powerful tablet that can handle games, but it MUST be around 8" or so, but I didn't want to pay too much. So, I went with a Lenovo Legion Y2022 128/8GB model, comes with a SD 870 CPU, so it's pretty responsive, much more responsive compared to my basic Lenovo Tab M9.
Bought a case to go with it, went with a case with a magnetic detachable cover, which I found to be unusual, so I went with it...

  Bought a new tiny soundbar that is USB powered, sound quality isn't great, but good enough for YT which I've been watching a lot of. I didn't want to power up my Philips soundbar just for YT, besides, I'm saving some electricity going with this USB power speaker. Also bought a case for my Flip5, I'll admit, I love transparent cases. Also got a couple of USB cables that are RGB, which automatically make them more efficient and charge faster, and a 512GB mSD card for the Legion Y700. Dunno IF I'd mentioned this before, but had gotten my friend's Note20 Ultra (swapped with my Flip3 with some cash on his part).